20 migrants including 4 children turned over to Border Patrol in Texas
Twenty undocumented immigrants, including four children from Mexico and Guatemala, were found hidden in a truck's sleeping compartment during a Texas traffic stop. The driver fled on foot but was arrested.
May 18, 2026Webb County, TXCountry of origin: Mexico
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped a white Volvo truck on Interstate 35 in Webb County on May 18 during Operation Lone Star and discovered 20 undocumented immigrants—16 adults and 4 minors from Mexico and Guatemala—hidden in the truck's sleeping compartment. The driver, 25-year-old Miguel Angel Velazquez Chavez, a Mexican national, fled on foot but was arrested and charged with evading arrest and smuggling people. All 20 migrants were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol.
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- CBS News
- Texas DPS arrests driver after 20 migrants discovered inside semi on I-35
FOX 26 Houston·May 27, 2026·archived copy
- DPS finds 20 people hidden in truck cab during I-35 traffic stop
KGNS·May 27, 2026·archived copy
- KXAN
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